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By JACKSON CHEN The City of Rye has decided to sue its insurance carrier for inactivity on a nearly $2 million claim regarding stolen money from the city’s golf club. Represented by Jaffe and Asher LLP, a law firm with its headquarters in New York City, Rye has filed a complaint against Travelers Casualty and […]

By JOHN BRANDI A plan to place a senior living facility, known formally as Brightview Senior Living of Harrison, on top of the defunct Lake Street quarry site in West Harrison has evolved to potentially include medical services and access in the case of an emergency. The applicant, Shelter Development, LLC, based in Baltimore, Md., […]

By JOHN BRANDI Members of several housing organizations within Westchester County have come together to take issue with the lack of affordable housing options in a proposed mixed-use apartment building’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement, DEIS. Members of three organizations—Westchester Workforce Housing Coalition, Habitat for Humanity for Westchester and Community Housing Innovations, Inc.—spoke before the town’s […]

Equipped with blaring air horns and shrill whistles, family members and friends cheered for the graduates of the Rye Neck High School Class of 2015. One by one, the graduating students followed white outlines laid onto the school’s athletic field until they reached the Rye Neck Board of Education President Allen Hodys, who presented each […]

Baking sunlight fell onto the ornately decorated black caps proclaiming school pride or future college prospects. Donning black garb and bright smiles, the 2015 senior class of Mamaroneck High School ceremoniously moved towards their next steps of their lives after the June 24 graduation. In the humid weather, more than 300 graduates filed into the […]

The top dogs at Harrison High School are officially off the leash, as the Class of 2015 said its goodbyes and officially graduated on Friday, June 26. Approximately 246 students sat on the stage of SUNY Purchase’s Performing Arts Center facing their biggest fans, the relatives and friends who supported them along their four-year journey […]

In between the familiar tigers on the front steps of Tuckahoe High School stood the high school’s Class of 2015. “We’ve accomplished a lot,” Salutatorian Chris Cyran said, “and made it through together and made countless memories along the way.” During the June 26 commencement ceremony, Valedictorian Nicole Alimena and Cyran made their speeches, a […]

The bright, sunny day matched the occasion on June 26 as Eastchester’s senior class received their high school diplomas. Senior Class President Ryan Winnie and Vice President Olivia Heffernan led the procession of the Class of 2015 to the familiar graduation tune and applause from attendees. Before receiving their diplomas, the graduates, who were joined […]

By Nicole Reed For more than 30 years and counting, Michael Decker’s talent for fishing has attracted a crowd. It started when he was just six years old on a Fire Island dock, as onlookers cheered his hard work for a catch. His mother Eileen says, “He’d spend all afternoon bringing up little snappers. People […]

By JAMES PERO Dennis Nardone remembers. And he should, considering that his memory, and not any one person, is the main protagonist in his recently self-published book titled “Growing Up in the West End of New Rochelle, New York in the 50’s-60’s: My Life, My Neighborhood.” In his book, Nardone covers it all. Whether it’s […]